Enum AttributeType

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<AttributeType>

    public enum AttributeType
    extends java.lang.Enum<AttributeType>
    Denotes the type of an attribute.
    Author:
    Dimitrios Michail
    • Method Summary

      All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      static AttributeType create​(java.lang.String value)
      Create a type from a string representation
      java.lang.String toString()
      Get a string representation of the attribute type
      static AttributeType valueOf​(java.lang.String name)
      Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
      static AttributeType[] values()
      Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.
      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

        clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, valueOf
      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

        getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
    • Method Detail

      • values

        public static AttributeType[] values()
        Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:
        for (AttributeType c : AttributeType.values())
            System.out.println(c);
        
        Returns:
        an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared
      • valueOf

        public static AttributeType valueOf​(java.lang.String name)
        Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
        Returns:
        the enum constant with the specified name
        Throws:
        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name
        java.lang.NullPointerException - if the argument is null
      • toString

        public java.lang.String toString()
        Get a string representation of the attribute type
        Overrides:
        toString in class java.lang.Enum<AttributeType>
        Returns:
        the string representation of the attribute type
      • create

        public static AttributeType create​(java.lang.String value)
        Create a type from a string representation
        Parameters:
        value - the name of the type
        Returns:
        the attribute type